Found in southeastern Peru on the upper eastern slope of the Andes at elevations around 2000 to 3100 meters as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte with branching towards the apex of the previous stem, cane-like, slightly terete stems carrying about 12 on the primary stem,2 to 5 on the branches, all along the stems, distichous, basal one usually smaller, elliptic-lanceolate,somewhat oblique, apex rounded, with a dorsal keel, coriaceous, apical margin crenulate leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on a terminal, with 1 to 2, obovate, rounded, margin entire, rugose when dry, covering the peduncle spathes, peduncle laterally compressed, thin , simultaneously 1 to 4 flowered inflorescence with much shorter than the ovary, narrowly triangular, acute, apically gradually shorter floral bracts and carrying resupinate, yellowish pink to reddish brown flowers.